I check my e-mail again. Oh, another rejection for a job application. This is my sad reality. I am a normal 18 year old who is just past his old school days and can´t find a job. Is there any food left? Of course not! I need to go to a grocery store and buy some food. Oh, my first step outside in the last 10 days. I forgot how bright it was outside, actually not bad. It is better than I remembered it. I pull out my Smartphone, maybe I should contact somebody to talk to when I am already outdoors. Oh, never mind my friend list is anyway empty. I groan shortly, so is my life. Google where is the next grocery store.

At the grocery store I see some students and the first thought I have is, hopefully there have a more fun school life than I had. I take the groceies I need and hear them talk how hyped there are to go on a school trip. I get a bit jealous, I never had fun on school trips. A moment later I see a person running into the shop with a gun. He says no one moves or I will shoot. I see how he robs the cash register and hear from outside the police. He says shit and grabs one of the students. They are at most in the 8th grades I can't let that happen. I speak to the robber. Take me I am a better shield (as side a note, the girl he captured was only 1,50 meter (5 foot) tall, I was a bit taller with my 1,90 meter (6,2 foot)). I walk slowly to him he throws the girl away from him and takes me. I am very frightend, from time to time I forget to breath. The robber panicked more and more, the students got a bit away from me. I see a sniper aiming in my direction and I quickly understand, what must be done. I only need to get them a free shooting field for a few seconds. I ram my elbow in his stomach, I am not very strong, but I know how to aim. I step one step away from him and the sniper fires. In the last second the robber fires at me I get fatally wounded. At least my life was not totally worthless. But if I would have a second life I would like to have some more friends. A last tear comes from my eye. The student I saved, she looks at me thankfully. I smile and everything goes black.

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